Hook.



PATENI'ED SEPT. 13, 1904.

A. H. COBB.

HOOK.-

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. a, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

IINTTE STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

ALPHONSO H. COBB, ()F ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,163, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,605.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LALPI-IoNso H. COBB,a citizen of the United States, residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

, exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hooks, and is intended to provide a simple hook for coats, hats, &c., and one that may be easily inserted into the Wall of a room or into a shelf.

The object of my invention is to produce a hook made of a single piece of wire and provided with a screw-threaded end and with another sharp chisel-shaped end adapted to be inserted into the wood or other support to which the hook is to be affixed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my improved hook. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly modified form. Fig. 3 is a similar view of another modified form.

The essence of my invention is to make a hook out of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, with one end screw-threaded and the other end formed into a chisel-like point, so that the hook may be firmly screwed into the wood and then byasharp downward pull the chisel-point may be forced into the wood, holding the hook firmly and preventing sidewise swing. Moreover, the hook when placed in position will not mar the appearance of painted, varnished,or polished wood surfaces.

(0 represents the screw-threaded end of the hook, which end is located at an angle to the upper arm 6 of the' hook. This arm 6 at its outer end is provided with an upward turn 0, forming a projection to prevent the coat or other article from slipping ofi. the hook. The wire is then continued down, forming a portion (Z nearly parallel to the portion 6, and is then bent around to form a second lower hook e. The wire is then bent upon itself, so that the hook e is double, and then passes upward in a nearly vertical direction, as shown at f. As shown at g, the end of the wire is then bent (N0 model.)

sharply over at the angle formed by the portions (4 and b, and the end it is then bent substantially at right angles to the upwardlyextending portion f, and this end it is sharpened off to form a projecting chisel-point.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2 just at the junction between the parts a and 5 the wire is bent as shown at a, forming a projection which prevents the sharpened end from slipping along the part Z).

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the parts a, b, and c are the same, but the end of the part cl is bent at right angles to form a stop just back of the point 7b. The wire is then bent downward to form the double hook e and then bent upward, as shown at 76, passing over the point where the parts a and b join, and brought down again and then bent outward, terminating in the sharp point it. The part j acts as a stop for the sharp point ll, so that when the part [L is pressed into the wood it will afford a fulcrum or bearing-point by which the part it will be supported like the projection t' in Fig. 2.

To place the hook in position, it is held like a gimlet and screwed until the hook is well in. If the sharpened end seems likely to scratch the wood, it should be slightly bent away from it. hen the hook has been driven in until the sharpened end reaches the wood, the hook is turned until the part cis in a vertical position, and then the hook is grasped firmly and bent sharply downward, causing the sharp point /e, to be firmly fastened into the wood, after which the hook is firmly held in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A hook composed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, one end being adapted to be inserted into a support, and the other end being provided with a sharp point, the end carrying the sharp point being bent over the body of the hook at a point near the other end, substantially as described.

2. A hook formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, and having one end screwthreaded and the other end provided with a sharp point, the end carrying the sharp point being bent over the body of the hook at the supports said sharp end as it is being pressed I point Where the screw-threaded portion joins into the Wood, substantially as described.

said body, substantially as described. In testimony WhereofIaifiX mysignature in 3. A hook composed of a single piece of presence of two Witnesses. I 5 Wire bent upon itself, and having one end T screw-threaded and the other end provided ALPHOASO COBB With a sharp point; said Wire being bent to Witnesses: form supporting projections and being pro- DICK SEVIER,

Vided With a fulcrum or bearing-point which 0. W. BROWN. 

